Patents by Inventor Giorgio Bortignon

Giorgio Bortignon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Control system for an internal combustion engine using either gasoline or methane or LPG as a fuel
    Patent number: 5735253
    Abstract: A control system for an engine adapted to operate either with gasoline injection or with methane or LPG injection, comprises a main electronic control unit (3) for controlling the gasoline injectors (1) and the ignition system (5) and an auxiliary electronic control unit (6) for controlling the mode of operation of the engine and the methane or LPG injectors (2). The auxiliary control unit (6) is further adapted to modify signals (9) representative of the angular position of the engine shaft which are to be sent to the main electronic control unit (3) in order to obtain an ignition adapted to the mode of operation with methane or LPG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa' Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Aldo Perotto, Roberto Boni, Giorgio Bortignon